Return to the fae

Chapter 18 3 years later

Sue-Anne's view

Three years have passed since I gave birth to Tannin, and although I have 2 other children, Rilian to Caspian and Kano to Kell, I was pregnant again, but this time it was to Garvan. I was honestly sick of being pregnant, but I seemed to have fallen pregnant every time I was able to have sex again after delivering the baby.

I did not get to see much of Rilian as Sylvan had taken him to raise in the fairy court according to the manner he was raised in. I really only got to see Rilian the 4 times a year I saw Caspian and Garvan. The two settling on sharing me between them on those times.  Although I loved them both dearly now I never quite got the hang of sleeping between the two. As they had so little time with me between the 2 of them neither were willing to see me just by myself, I found myself in those 4 weeks unable to walk with the amount of loving I received.

I was still suckling Kano, thankful that he was a pleasant easy going baby like Rilian had been. Tannin had not been like this and I had been ready never to have another child after having him. The dragon assured me that she would look after Tannin and grow him up properly. As she was a dragon and everyone assured me that dragon's were like Gods and knew the future she could be trusted.  Despite everyone's assurances, Tannin worried me. I do not know why he did but he did.

Kano started to fuss then with the cry which told me he was hungry, so I sat down on a bench near by and started to feed him while I kept an eye on Tannin. 

As I watched, a most horrific site filled my eyes. Tannin picked a flower and came over and asked me, "Is this not the most beautiful flower you have ever seen?"

I nodded, it was a beautiful blue and white rose, unusual for here, "It's a shame it will die soon."

"I can pause it so it stays alive," Tannin said to me, "How long would you like it kept alive? A year? 100 years?" but before I could reply Tannin decided, "I am preserving this beautiful flower for 100 years!" and the area around where he had picked it died. It was like a circle dying as life was sucked up from around the bush that held the flower and put into the flower.  

"Tannin!" I said horrified by the circular field of death created, "Promise me you will not do that again?"

"I won't promise any such thing!" he replied.

"Tannin, you must, all life is valuable regardless of how it looks!" I begged him.

"I disagree, only the perfect should remain, the imperfect should be removed, or changed to be perfect," he said with a smile which scared me.

"Do not worry, mother," he then went on, "I promise I will not do this around you again, so I do not distress you."

I sighed, knowing that this would only stress me more.

5 years passed since this incident and I was on tenterhooks with everyone about everything. As my children were old enough, (Garvan's child AnnaLee being the exception at 4 years old) and most of the responsibility for raising them was removed by my husbands, I decided to just up and leave. I decided to head to the forest of the Ents to see if I could meet the person called Gee like Susan had. I did not consider my route to be dangerous, although it clearly was.

I was thankful by then that Glorifir had used his ability so that I could block off all my husbands should the need arise, so I had peace from them. I had not done it before as I was never annoyed to this extent before. I do not know why I had reached this point in my life that I wanted nobodies company but I had. 

I took the horse that I had been gifted and headed the direction I needed to go to the Ent lands. My plans though did not go as I thought. I ended up at a pretty cave near the Moore burrow and decided to stay there. It had a lovely bed made of vines and flowers that just invited you to sleep on and a fresh water spring which you could bathe in, and a trickling waterfall fell into a basin that fed into the spring, so fresh water was not a problem either. Surprisingly the cave was clean of cobwebs and vermin, as if it had been placed in stasis. 

I wondered if there was a reason why the cave was like this, but I could not feel any ill will here despite seeing old blood on the ground near the back wall. The vines there looked like prison chains, which I found a bit creepy, and I stayed away from that area after that. 

As it was close to the Moore burrow, I decided to stay, it seemed safe and close enough to civilisation that I would not starve if I failed to hunt or forage something for the time I needed away.

I decided that I would grow crops nearby for something to do, and make a more reliable food source for myself. After deciding this I went to the burrow and ordered tools for gardening, and seeds for planting. I also got a couple days worth of food, so I could "farm" the crops.

I set up the cave with my swag on the flower bed, my cooking and eating utensils I put on the stone table I had found on further inspection and decided that was it for the day. The next week I was happy farming and hunting. I could feel my husbands calling for me but I shut them out. I needed this time away.

Garvan's view.

Sue had disappeared with out a word to anyone and Kell came to our lands to look for her. He said she just disappeared after a minor disagreement with him and Glory, he had hoped that she had come out to us.

"No, sorry to disappoint you," I said, "Sue does not come to Caspian or I unless she has to. She must be needing space."

Kell nodded, "It's just I am worried, she is mostly human, enough that any fae that has a longing for human blood will go after her."

I nodded, "I will look for her too then." I tried to connect to her through my tattoo, but I could not reach her, "Damn, if only Glory had not used that spell to allow privacy, I no we could have contacted her."

Kell nodded, "I will go onto Caspian and let him know. Unless he is here?"

I shook my head, "Not this time, Caspian is away training Rilian apparently its a vital time for his teaching and he doesn't want to be distracted by me nor Sue. Well, that is what he said."

"Should I even go on then?" wondered Kell.

"I think you should, he might be able to locate her another way," I nodded to him. Kell turned to leave, "Wait Kell, how is DonnaLee?"

"She is fine, her cousins dote on her you know," Kell said before going, "I am off now. I am sorry, I really want to find Sue its been over a week since she disappeared."

Alarm bells went off in me then. I nodded and rushed off to get my quick travel kit and took my favorite horse to ride on. I reached within me and headed the direction I felt Sue in. I was using my instinct pure and simple, as no-one could reach Sue through her tattoo. It was like she was annoyed at all of us, even though 2 of us had not seen her in half a year, we would have love to seen her more, but she was adamant that we stick to our system. It did not bother Caspian, but it did bother me, I was off balance since the get go. I took what I was given and tried to be thankful, but it still ate at me, my jealousy over Kai's treatment.

I travelled hard for over two weeks when at the start of the third week I got the feeling "You are here." I was near the Moore burrow, and I wondered if the cave which had been magically sealed by Caspian to prevent people entering such a brutal place was still around. I figured it would be a good place to settle while I looked for Sue. I sent off a message to Kell to let him know that I believed I had found her and to return to the Dwarven mound, I would bring her back home.

I looked around for the cave and eventually found it, and to my surprise I found Sue's things there with a crop growing outside of it, but Sue was no where to be found. 

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